Lemon Blueberry Bread with Lemon Cream Cheese Glaze

Not only do I have this great recipe for you all today, but I also have something new here on the blog… up in the menu bar you’ll see a new section there titled Visual Recipe Index. Now you can see all of my recipes, by category… for those of us who like to see a picture of the food 🙂

What’s one of the greatest flavor combinations of all time? Garlic and onion? Steak and potatoes? How about blueberry and lemon? Ohhhhhh yeah!

Confession time… I don’t actually bake with blueberries very often. Although, I really don’t know why… because I sure do love their flavor. I think I usually get caught up in other flavors and forget about blueberries. Or maybe it’s because in my house, blueberries get practically inhaled by my kids. Seriously you guys… my daughter and son could put away an entire pint of blueberries each! I mean, I love that they LOVE fruit… of all kinds… but man it can be expensive to buy so many blueberries, especially in the off-season months!

So a little while back we had some extra blueberries in the fridge and I came across a recipe on pinterest that just made me drool at the very thought of it… a blueberry lemon bread 🙂 What a great flavor combination. I added a bit of almond flavor to it as well, partially because I’m obsessed with almonds, and also because I thought it would go well together!

After you’ve mixed the batter together (I used my stand mixer, but a hand mixer would work just as well), you’ll want to fold the blueberries and lemon zest in gently.

Tip: Toss the blueberries in a couple tablespoons of flour before adding them, this will help keep the blueberries from all sinking to the bottom of the bread

To make the process of removing the cooked bread from the pan a lot easier, I lined my loaf pan with parchment paper, so I could just lift it right out 🙂 The only problem with that is that my pre-cut parchment paper wasn’t big enough to fold the extra over the sides, so they weren’t exactly smooth. But after one bite… I sure didn’t care that the sides weren’t smooth 😉

I guess this was just after Valentine’s Day, as you can tell from my manicure there lol

Bake about an hour, until golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Is it just me, or do you have a hard time finding a toothpick when you need one? I swear I have to dig through my whole drawer… smh.

Perfectly golden and smelling absolutely incredible!

Can’t you just imagine the sweet blueberry, lemon and almond scents coming from that bread? Now as hard as it will be… don’t eat it just yet. Leave it in the pan, but place the pan on a cooling rack and let it cool for 40 minutes or so. Take the bread out of the pan and allow it to cool completely. It’s torture… I know… but it’ll be sooooooo worth it!

Once it’s cooled, you can make your glaze and prepare to drizzle it all over the bread! Combine your very softened cream cheese, lemon juice and powdered sugar and whisk it together until smooth.

Ohhhhh yeah… the glaze is where it’s at!

Now I would recommend lining your counter with some wax paper, placing the cooling rack with the bread on it on the top, and then drizzling the glaze. I wanted to do it on the plate for the pictures, but that meant that the bread ended up sort of sitting in a pool of glaze (which isn’t bad, just makes for a verrrrrry glazed bread lol).

Do you want to lick the bread? I wanted to as I was taking pictures lol.

There’s the fluffy inside…. so soft!

Ready for my favorite shot?

YUMMMMMM!!

Now in my excitement to take photos, I completely forgot to add the sliced almonds to the top of the bread 🙁 So please add some if you’d like!

I kept my bread in the refrigerator, so the glaze stayed nice and thick.

This bread was so tasty, I hope you all try this one… I know you won’t regret it!!

I love blueberry bread and the glaze is a sweet bonus! So moist and sweet, just yummy! I would love for you to share this at my new link party Making Memories Mondays going on now! There’s a giveaway too! 🙂
Cathy

Oh gosh I’m really, really weak against loaf cakes with sugary glazes…and with cream cheese too!!
Also, I love your recipe index! It’s really convenient (and very tempting) to see be able to see a photo of all your recipes!

So here’s my struggle. I’m adding this to the list. Yesterday I got the stuff to make the tomato basil soup, and very soon, I shall get the stuff to make this. But I have to be selective here! Otherwise I might as well change my domain name to The Chunky Chef and slap (…”The second”) at the end. You seeeee?? 🙂 Oh- btw, I was staring at your Italian Stuffed Flank Steak yesterday and today, and THAT is happening soon too. My husband will LOVE me! Keep it comin’!

Hehe, we should flip flop for a little while because I have a LONG list of Cozy Cook recipe I just HAVE to try!! 😉 Oooooh yeah that flank steak is definitely “husband approved”… I’m sure he’ll love it 😀

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I'm Amanda... a wife, mother of two rambunctious kiddos, photography nerd, and bacon lover! I believe that gourmet meals should be something we can ALL enjoy. Now that you're here, stay a bit, browse a few recipes, and let's get cookin'!